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scaffold /skafˈəld/ noun- A temporary framework of platforms erected around a building, from which repairs, construction work, etc can be carried out
- A raised platform, eg for performers, spectators, or executions
- A raised framework, eg for hunters, or among some primitive peoples for disposal of the dead
- A framework
- (with the) capital punishment, hanging (figurative)
transitive verb- To supply with a scaffold
- To put on a scaffold
- To sustain
ORIGIN: OFr escadafault (Fr échafaud), of obscure origin; cf Ital catafalco scaffˈoldage (Shakespeare scaffˈolage) noun - A scaffolding
- The gallery of a theatre
scaffˈolder noun scaffˈolding noun - A framework of platforms for painters, builders, etc at work
- Materials for scaffolds
- A frame, framework (figurative)
- The erection of scaffolds
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